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A Great Western Star in a WHIRLWIND of ACTION! (1947 poster) See more »

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Bad guy Kincaid controls the local water supply and plans to do in the other ranchers. Government agent Saunders shows up undercover to do in Kincaid and win the heart of one of his victims Fay Denton. Full summary » | Add synopsis »

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John Wayne could not sing. The songs were dubbed by the son of director Robert N. Bradbury.See more »

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Continuity: The stagecoach drivers are robbed by Faye Denton in light-coloured clothing and hat. Yet later on they pursue Saunders as the hold-up man despite the facts that his clothing is all dark-coloured, he is taller and he is wearing a completely different hat.See more »

Forget the lame opening of Singin' Sandy (Wayne) warbling a tune that
sounds about as much like Wayne's singing voice as mine does. This is
still a solid Lone Star programmer. There's not a lot of hard riding or
fast shooting, but there is a strong story-line, along with that
stellar cast of Lone Star regulars-- George Hayes (before Gabby),
Yakima Canutt, Earl Dwire, and Forrest Taylor, excellent as the head
bad guy.

I expect the plot really resonated with Dust Bowl audiences of the
time. Bad guy Taylor wants to use water rights to buy up all the little
farmers in the valley. The effects of water returning to the valley are
quite well done for a programmer. Also the crowd scenes look like real
farmers, while the 30 seconds of the plain-faced frontier woman
appealing to the crowd should be studied by A-grade Westerns.

Wayne is quite engaging as the good guy, looking every inch the part.
Also, look for Al (Fuzzy) St. John, sans whiskers, as one of the bad
guys, no less. One complaint-- there are two really tumbling trip-wire
scenes that send the poor horses head over hoofs. I hope they survived.
That was one real problem with these 30's Westerns. Anyway, it's still
an entertaining 60 minutes for fans of Wayne and Lone Star.

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